BIRDS. GRALLjEi 44. Phoeriicoptero's. 
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ORDER IV. ORALLY. 
fubcylindric^ a Little ohtufe : tongue en-^ 
tire, jlejhy : legs naked above the knees. 
41- PHCENICOPTEROS. Bill naked, 
toothed, bent as if broken: nojlrits 
linear ; feet 4 -toed, palmate, the mem- 
branes feniicircular on the fore-part ; 
hind-toe not connefled. Flamingo. 
Thefe birds combine the ciiarafters of the Anferes and Grallse ; 
have long legs and neck ; bill large, the upper mandible 
carinate above, and toothed on the edge, Icrwcr comprelTed, 
tranfverfely furrowed, and nollrils covered with a, thin 
membrane. 
Quill-fcathers black. Pt. 
Inhabits Africa, and South America ; from the tip of the bill to 
' the end of the tail 4 feet 4 inches long, and to the end of the 
legs 6 feet ; feeds on aquatic infefts and fidi ; perpetually 
twills its neck about when eating, io that tlic upper mandi- 
ble touches the ground ; makes its neft on hillocks in (hal- 
low water, on which it fits with the legs hanging down like 
a man fitting upon a llool ; lays 2 white eggs ; very impa- 
tient of cold ; flefli good, efpecially the tongue ; it changes 
its colour with its age, being the firfl year whitc-alh, the 
fecond rofv, the third full leaflet ; tongue covered with 
about 12 papilla?, which are hooked backwards, and cartila- 
genous at the tip. 
Quill-feathers white. Cf/ilt Ft, 
Inhabits Chili ; 5 feet long from the bill to the claws. 
mil covered with a rcddilh Ikin ; head, lubcrelled. 
45. PLATALEA. 
